Toilet tissue dispenser



1961 .J. .1. JACKSON ET AL 3,007,177

TOILET TISSUE DISPENSER Filed Aug. 2. 1955 MIIMIIIIII \mlmlllllllll INVENTORS JOHN J. JACKSON 8 JOSEPH E. GAMPANELLA "ac/50mm ATTORNEY 3,007,177 TOILET TISSUE DISPENSER John J. Jackson, 5206 San Bernardo Terrace, and Joseph E. Campanella, 4666 W. Point Lorna Blvd., both of San Diego, Calif.

Filed Aug. 2, 1955, Ser. No. 525,986 1 Claim. (Cl. 41)

Our invention relates to a toilet tissue dispenser more particularly, a convenient storage and dispensing means for toilet tissue adapted to be positioned on and supported from, a conventional toilet flush tank and the objects of our invention are:

First, to provide a toilet tissue dispenser which utilizes a conventional toilet flush tank for a means of support therefor.

Second, to provide a toilet tissue dispenser having a vertically adjustable support means to thereby provide for installation on various makes of toilet flush tanks wherein the heighth dimensions of the tank covers frequently vary.

Third, to provide a toilet tissue dispenser having a hinged cover flush with the container body which is normally held in closed position by gravitational forces.

Fourth, to provide a toilet tissue dispenser wherein the dispensing opening is spaced relative to the hinged cover to thereby provide for finger engagement with the outer pheriphery of a conventional toilet tissue roll contained therein.

Fifth, to provide a toilet tissue dispenser having an an invertable top which forms a smooth, neat appearing shelf if desired and when inverted, provides a convenient compartmental tray in which small objects such as hair pins, safety pins, etc. may be kept.

Sixth, to provide a toilet issue dispenser that may be supported from either side of a conventional toilet flush tank by simply engaging the support bracket with one side of the container or the other.

Seventh, to provide a toilet tissue dispenser which is very simple and economical of construction, durable, easy to operate, easy to install, and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, our invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view showing our toilet tissue dispenser in position on a conventional toilet fiush tank which is illustrated in dash lines.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view similar to that as shown in FIG. 1 except viewed from a different angle and also showing the top inverted to provide a compartmental tray.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the bracket support used in connection with the body of the dispenser to provide means for hanging the dispenser from the toilet flush tank, and,

FIG. 4 is a sectional View through the lower portion of the dispenser as viewed along line 44 of FIG. 2.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawlngs.

The body 1 of our toilet tissue dispenser is substantially square as viewed in plan with sufficient height to house a plurality of conventional rolls of toilet tissue. The bottom in is arcuate in form but may be of any shape such as square, hexagonal, octagonal, etc. as desired. An opening 1b spaced relative to the front surface 1c of the 3,907,177 Fatented Nov. 7, 1961 body 1 is provided for removal of a single roll of toilet tissue P when the cover 2 is pivoted upwardly on the hinge pins lid to a substantially horizontal position. The upper end of the body 1 engages a shoulder '3a of the top 3 to thereby form a closure for the body 1 while simultaneously providing a convenient compartmental tray 3b as shown in FIG. 2. When desired, the top 3 may be converted to form a smooth surface in lieu of the tray 3b simply by inverting the tray 3b one hundred eighty degrees to the position shown in FIG. 1. The front surface 1c of the body 1 is provided with an inspection slot 1e for determining the status of the rolls of tissue contained therein at a glance. The sides and back surfaces of the body 1 are each provided with a plurality of inverted key-shaped openings 4 any pair of which are adapted to engage the mushroom pins 5a of the support bracket 5. Vertical positioning of the toilet tissue dispenser relative to the toilet flush tank T may thus be accomplished by selecting a pair of key-shaped openings 4 commensurate with thed-imensions of the flush tank cover C. The support bracket 5 is substantially an inverted J, the lip 5b of which is adapted to engage with the inside surface of the flush tank T. It will be noted that the support bracket 5 is preferably made of nonrusting light gage material such as aluminum or the like whereby the flush tank cover C may be installed on the flush tank T without undue interference with the support bracket 5. When it is desired to mount the toilet tissue dispenser directly on a wall, a pair of nails or screws are driven into the wall with the heads thereof spaced with the wall and the toilet tissue dispenser is hung directly on the nails or screws in which case the support bracket 5 is not used.

In operation, the toilet flush tank cover C is first removed from the flush tank T whereby the support bracket 5 may be placed over the upper edge of the flush tank T and the tank cover C is then replaced. The mushroom pins 5a are then engaged with a pair of matching inverted key-holes 4 to thereby support the toilet itssue dispenser. Removal of the top 3 permits loading of the toilet tissue P after which the top 3 is replaced with the desired smooth top or cornpartmental tray 3b uppermost as desired. Pivoting the cover 2 about the axis of the hinge pins 1d on the body 1, permits access to a single roll of toilet tissue whereupon removal of the lowermost roll of tissue P allows the remaining rolls to gravitate a distance equal to the diameter of the roll removed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a toilet flush tank having a removable cover for closing the open upper end of said tank, a vertically elongated toilet tissue dispensing container of substantially the same height and depth of said flush tank adapted to contain a series of tissue rolls for storage purposes with their axis extending horizontally and parallel one to the other, said container being provided in its lower portion with a dispensing opening of a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of said tissue roll and adapted to face in the same direction as the front wall of said flush tank, said container being provided at its upper portion with a refill opening, a cover hingedly connected to said dispensing container on the side walls thereof adjacent said dispensing opening and arranged to be gravity biased to a closed position, a cover for said refill opening, and a bracket having a return bent upper portion forming a hook for being removably received on the upper edge of said flush tank with the hooked portion of said bracket sealed by said cover of said flush tank in such a manner that the dispensing opening will face in the same direction as the flush tank front wall when the container is supported optionally on either side wall of said flush tank, said bracket being provided on its lower portion with a pair of studs adapted to be removably received in keyhole shaped slots formed in opposed side walls of said dispensing container to permit said container to be supported at either end of said flush tank with the dispensing opening facing in a position and direction the same as the front wall of said tank, said keyhole slots being arranged in vertically spaced sets to permit said container to be adjusted vertically with respect to said flush tank.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 197,595 Brown Nov. 27, 1877 4 Judson Aug. 24, 1886 Dunkley Sept. 12, 1911 Heyrnan Apr. 12, 1921 List Mar. 7, 1922 Richeson June 12, 1928 Reed Sept. 15, 1931 Rust Aug. 20, 1940 Janonis Aug. 8, 1950 Detfenbaugh Dec. 9, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Sept. 18, 1924 Great Britain May 12, 1932 

